Necktie-fastener



(N0 ModL) C. E. DAMON.

NBOKTIE FAsTBNER.

No. 581,537. Patented Apr. 27, 1897.

NITED STATES CHARLES E. DAMON, OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN OR TO MARCH BROTHERS, PIERCE 85 00., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NECKTIE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 581,537, dated April 2'7, 1897. Application filed January 25,1897. Serial No. 620,661. (No model.)

T 0 all whom, may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. DAMON, of Reading, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckties, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a necktie comprising a permanently-made-up bow and a shield affiXed to the back of the bow and provided at its central portion with means, such as an elastic loop, for engagement with a collar-button or other support, the bow being secured wholly by its shield and having no straps to encircle the neck of the wearer.

The invention has for its object to provide a necktie of this description, adapted particularly for use in connection with extremelyhigh turn-over collars, such as are now in vogue, the fold of the collar being intended to be located a considerable distance above the necktie, so that the tie cannot be secured against upward movement by engagement with said fold, as in ordinary turn-down collars, Where the neckband portion is relatively narrow and the fold located so that it will support the upper edge of the shield.

The invention consists in the improvements hereinafter described, looking to the secure fastening of the shield and bow, with their lower edges substantially flush with the lower edge of the band of the collar, the upper edges of the shield and bow being'held considerably below the fold or the upper edge of the neckband portion of the collar.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a rear view of a necktie embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a front View of the same attached to a collar. Fig. 3 represents a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the collar shown in Fig. 2 and the necktie thereto attached, the collar and tie being viewed from the rear. Fig. 5 represents a modification.

The same letters and figures of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawingsn represents a permanentlymade-up bow, and 6 represents a shield attached tothe back of the bow, the bow and shield being of the usual or any suitable form.

The bow is provided at its central portion with an elastic connecting member adapted 7 to engage a support, such as the neckband of a collar, and exert an upward pull on the shield. Said connecting member is here shown as an elastic loop 6, attached at its ends to the lower edge of the shield, and a hook f, secured to the free end of the loop and formed to engage the narrow end portions or tabs of the neckband of a collar d, as shown in Fig. 4, said collar having a high neckband portion, so that its fold is elevated considerably above the position which it is intended that the tie shall occupy. It will be seen that when the hook is engaged with the end portions of the neckband the elastic loop 6 is stretched and has a tendency to draw the shield upwardly.

c 0 represent hooks which are affixed to the shield and stand out from the inner surface thereof, each hook comprising a neck portion 2, which projects backwardly from and is substantially flush with the lower edge of the shield, and an arm portion 3, which projects upwardly from the neck portion substantially parallel with the back of the shield, said hooks being located at opposite sides of the loop e and formed to engage the neckband of the collar. The neck portions 2 2 of the hooks bear against the lower edge of the neckband and constitute stops to limit the upward movement of the shield and bow by the pull of the loop 6. It will be seen that the location of the neck portions of the hooks c flush with the lower edge of the shield enables the elastic loop 6 and hook f to hold the lower edge of the shield and bow substantially flush with the lower edge of the neckband, so that there will be no unsightly projection of the shield and bow below the neckband, the necktie, when adj usted, presenting the appearance of a string tie or cravat which encircles the neck and is tied by the wearer.

It is obvious that when the collaris fastened in front bya collar-button having a shank of sufficient length the hook f may be dispensed with, the elastic loop 6 alone being relied upon to connect the central portion of the shield with the collar-button and exert an upward pull on the shield.

In Fig. 5 I show a metallic eye f engaged with the loop 6, instead of the hook f, said eye being formed to engage a collar-button.

Iclaim- 'A necktie comprising a bow, and a shield aflixed to the back of the bow and provided at its central .portion with an elastic connecting member adapted to engage a support such as the neckband of a collar and to exertan upward pull on the shield, and two hooks attached to the shield at opposite sides of the said connecting member and projecting upwardly at the rear side of the shield, the neck portions of said hooks being located at the lower edge of the shield and constituting stops adapted to bear on the lower edge of the neckband of a collar to limit the upward movement of the shield caused bythe pull of the said elastic member, whereby the lower edges of the shield and bow are held substantially flush with the lower edge of the collar-band. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 14th day of January, A. D. 1897.

CHARLES E. DAMON. Witnesses:

A. D. HARRISON, P. V. PEZZETTI. 

